Life expectancy at birth in Burundi is projected at 64.3 years in 2027: 66.4 for women and 62.2 for men, a gap of 4.2 years. 98,560 people are projected to die; 24.2% of them would be 65 or older and 22.1% children under five. The most common age at death is projected to be 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Key indicators, 2027

Life expectancy at birth

64.3

Women

66.4

Men

62.2

Life expectancy at 65

13.7

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

33.5

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

46.3

Deaths

98,560

Deaths per 1,000 people

6.5

Men dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)

278

Women dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)

210

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2027's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2027

Deaths per 1,000 people per year in each age group. Logarithmic scale: each gridline is ten times the one below. Hover for exact values.

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Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	30.70	38.27	66.4	62.2
1-4	3.04	3.60	67.5	63.6
5-9	2.84	3.38	64.3	60.5
10-14	1.62	2.11	60.2	56.5
15-19	2.12	2.99	55.6	52.0
20-24	2.67	4.31	51.2	47.8
25-29	3.14	4.53	46.8	43.8
30-34	3.57	4.88	42.5	39.7
35-39	4.15	5.49	38.3	35.6
40-44	5.21	6.75	34.0	31.5
45-49	6.17	8.43	29.8	27.5
50-54	8.53	11.85	25.7	23.6
55-59	11.60	15.78	21.7	19.9
60-64	17.96	23.68	17.8	16.3
65-69	28.92	36.09	14.3	13.0
70-74	47.36	56.61	11.1	10.1
75-79	76.55	89.57	8.4	7.6
80-84	124.46	141.38	6.2	5.6
85-89	191.07	220.51	4.5	4.0
90-94	281.94	342.84	3.3	2.8
95-99	414.71	480.03	2.4	2.1
100+	553.40	603.87	1.8	1.7

Mortality in Burundi by year

Mortality in Burundi, 2027

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